1. Grad, gress
To step, walk

2. Degrade: to lower in grade, rank, or status; demote

3. degrade

4. degrade
When I failed the test, my “friend” degraded me by calling me stupido.
After being falsely accused of sexual harassment, the colonel did not wish to degrade himself by commenting on the matter.

5. Gradual-adj. moving by steps of degrees

6. Gradual: adj.
Although I wanted to lose weight over night, but it was a gradual process taking much time.

7. Retrograde: adj. moving backwards or opposite the usual directions.

8. retrograde

9. retrograde

10. retrograde
Although I expected the watch would go forward, the dial went in a retrograde motion.

11. Digress: v. to turn aside, especially from the main subject.

12. digress
After the teacher lectured on Shakespeare, he digressed to an irrelevant talk on the evils of women.

13. Transgression (n.) the act of breaking a limit, law, or command; a wrongdoing.

14. transgression
Because of his transgressions with the law, he has been arrested and remanded to jail.